Intake of Carbohydrate and its Components, Individual Countries by Continent
Since 1980

Country

Year

n

Energy kcal

Carbohydrate g % energy

g

Starch % energy

g

Sugars % energy

Africa - adults

Malawi (1)

1997

141

1457

287

78.7

-

-

-

-

Nigeria (2)

1987

67

2540

324

51.0

-

-

-

-

South Africa-black (3)

(1995)

61

1969

278

57.2

-

-

-

-

South Africa- black (4)

1990

649

1665

228

55.7

-

-

-

-

So. Africa - coloured (5)

1990

976

1981

224

45.2

147

29.7

77

15.6

Zimbabwe -white (6)

1985

99

2226

217

39.0

113

20.3

53*

9.5*

Zim. - black urban (6)

1985

91

2345

287

49.0

186

31.7

62*

10.6*

Zim. - black rural (6)

1985

49

2590

351

54.2

260

40.2

60*

9.2*

Africa -children

South Africa (7)

1982

843

2058

262

50.9

-

-

-

-

Asia - adults

Bangladesh (8)

1981-82

3141

1943

431

88.7

-

-

-

-

China (9)

1982

103,662

2963

514

69.4

-

-

-

-

China (10)

1983-84

6500

2650

473

71.4

-

-

-

-

China (11)

1992

3682

2396

355

59.3

-

-

-

-

India (12)

1983-84

563

2093

301

57.5

-

-

-

-

Philippines (13)

1985

400

1767

300

67.9

-

-

-

-

Vietnam (14)

1988

7462

1998

407

81.5

-

-

-

-

Asia - children

China (10)

1982

63,343

-

368

-

-

-

-

-

Europe -adults

Belgium (15)

1980-85

10,971

2473

240

38.9

144

23.3

97

15.7

France (16)

1988

25

1969

209

42.5

-

-

-

-

Hungary (17)

1990-92

2559

2799

314

44.9

207

296

107

15.3

Netherlands (18)

1987-88

4134

2309

244

42.2

122

21.1

119

20.6

Netherlands (19)

(1990)

107

2221

228

41.1

116

20.9

112

20.2

UK (20)

1986-87

2197

2061

232

42.3

130

252

100

19.4

Europe - children

Netherlands (18)

1987-88

1409

2256

271

48.0

121

21.5

148

26.2

UK (21)

1980

405

2050

261

50.9

144

28.1

117

22.8

UK (22)

1981

120

2190

280

51 1

158

28.9

122

22.3

UK (23)

1986-87

4760

2369

278

46.9

154

26.0

124

20.9

UK (21)

1990

379

2015

258

51.2

139

27.6

119

23.6

Latin America - adults

Chile (36)

1995

859

1981

287

58.0

-

-

-

-

North America - adults

Canada (24)

1989

96

2053

269

52.2

-

-

-

-

Canada (25)

1989

2212

2070

244

47.1

-

-

-

-

Canada (37)

1990

2118

2196

262

47.7

-

-

-

-

USA (26)

(1984)

155

2570

240

37.4

105

16.3

35*

5.5*

USA (27)

1976-80

11864

1882

254

54.0

-

-

-

-

USA (27)

1988-91

7931

2109

244

46.3

-

-

-

-

North America - children

USA (28)

1988

1463

1613

202

50.1

104

25.8

99

246

USA (27)

1976-80

8102

1830

227

49.6

-

-

-

-

USA (27)

1988-91

5999

1806

238

52.7

-

-

-

-

Oceania - adults

Australia (29)

1983

6255

2190

232

42.4

125

22.8

107

19.5

New Zealand (30)

1992

-

2105

233

44.3

-

-

101

19.2

Papua New Guinea (31)

1991

750

2628

406

61.8

349

53.1

57

8.7

Solomon Islands (32)

1985

1071

2508

442

70.5

-

-

-

-

Oceania - children

Australia (33)

1985

5224

2049

259

50.6

129

25.2

130

25.4

Australia (34)

1986

141

1666

208

49.9

99

23.8

108

25.9

New Zealand (35)

1993

251

1946

263

54.0

130

26.7

133

27.3

* sucrose only

Note: Most countries in Africa, Asia, and North America calculate carbohydrate 'by difference'. Most countries in Europe and Oceania analyse carbohydrate directly. Values for Europe and Oceania therefore do not contain unavailable carbohydrate, while values for Africa, Asia and North America do. Method of deriving carbohydrate is rarely given